We have been awarded an investigator-initiated research grant by the FSHD Society to support our work on identifying the mechanism by which DUX4 inhibits nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD) in the human muscle disease facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). We are grateful for the continued support from the FSHD Society for our... [Read More]

Divya Kolakada, our MOLB grad student, has been awarded a Predoctoral Fellowship by the American Heart Association to support her work investigating the fate of NMD substrates and their protein products. Congrats, Divya!! [Read More]

Divya Kolakada, our MOLB grad student, has been selected for an RNA Scholar Award by the RNA Bioscience Initiative to support her work investigating the fate of NMD substrates and their protein products. Congrats, Divya!! [Read More]

We said goodbye to Alex today after a wonderful year in the lab. Alex is headed home to Wisconsin to be closer to family. We celebrated his time in the lab with a “zoom” party, playing Among Us, and sharing thoughtful gifts that the lab had put together for him.... [Read More]

Cameron Ortiz is a Junior in the BS/MS Bioengineering program at CU Denver. In his second year, he worked as a student assistant in the Neurology clinical trial department on neuro-degenerative diseases. He hopes to pursue graduate research in genetics and cell biology of FSHD in the future. [Read More]